Paradise (1991)

Director:

Mary Agnes Donoghue

Writer (WGA):

Mary Agnes Donoghue (screenplay)
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Release Date:

4 October 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

They gave a boy a summer he'd always remember. He gave them back the love they lost.

Plot:

Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson (at the time married to each other) play Lily and Ben Reed, a young couple torn apart by a family tragedy...

Plot Keywords:

Childhood Friend | Marital Problem | Bereavement | Barefoot | Loss Of Son

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Melanie Griffith	...	Lily Reed
Don Johnson	...	Ben Reed
Elijah Wood	...	Willard Young
Thora Birch	...	Billie Pike
Sheila McCarthy	...	Sally Pike
Eve Gordon	...	Rosemary Young
Louise Latham	...	Catherine Reston Lee
Greg Travis	...	Earl McCoy
Sarah Trigger	...	Darlene Pike
Richard K. Olsen	...	Minister
Rick Andosca	...	Ernest Parkett
Anthony Romano	...	Popular Boy
Timothy Erskine	...	Darlene's Boyfriend
Chestley Price	...	Bus Driver
Dave Hager	...	Bartender
John R. Copeman	...	Other Fisherman
Jeff Jeffcoat	...	Eddie - the Attendant
Scott Hubacek	...	Greyhound Bus Driver
Melanie Van Betten	...	Marliss
Jason Robert Somrak	...	Neighborhood Tough
William Thomas Crumby	...	Lou
Carl McIntyre	...	Wiilard's Father
Lucy Alpaugh	...	Old Lady #1
Kay Shroka	...	Old Lady #2
Eric Vest	...	DJ
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jerzy Zielinski	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Mary Agnes Donoghue

Writing credits (WGA)
Mary Agnes Donoghue		(screenplay)
Jean-Loup Hubert		(novel "Le Grand Chemin") uncredited

Produced by
Robert W. Cort	....	executive producer
Ted Field	....	executive producer
Scott Kroopf	....	producer
Jean-François Lepetit	....	executive producer
Patrick J. Palmer	....	producer

Original Music by
David Newman

Cinematography by
Jerzy Zielinski

Film Editing by
Éva Gárdos
Debra McDermott

Casting by
Len Hunt
Johanna Ray

Production Design by
Marcia Hinds
Evelyn Sakash

Art Direction by
Kyung W. Chang		(uncredited)

Set Decoration by
Donna J. Hattin

Costume Design by
Linda Donahue

Makeup Department
Jay Cannistraci	....	makeup artist
Kathy W. Estocin	....	hair stylist (as Kathy Foley)
Kathy W. Estocin	....	makeup artist (as Kathy Foley)
Robert Hallowell II	....	key hair stylist
Peggy Teague	....	key makeup artist
Nick Troiano	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Tikki Goldberg	....	unit production manager
Daniel J. Heffner	....	executive in charge of production
Charles Miller	....	assistant unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Frederic B. Blankfein	....	first assistant director
Paul Fonteyn	....	first assistant director
David Michael Katz	....	second assistant director
Patrick J. Palmer	....	second unit director

Art Department
Jamie Arbuckle	....	on-set dresser
Maureen Farley	....	property master
Frank M. Fleming	....	set dresser
Robert F. Gale	....	storyboard artist
Bo Johnson	....	construction coordinator
Dane Pizzuti Krogman	....	scenic artist
Michael Lane	....	set dresser
David Lazan	....	assistant art director
Dick Miller	....	construction coordinator
Thomas A. Morris Jr.	....	construction foreman
Haven Storey	....	scenic artist
Ric Rawlins	....	head scenic (uncredited)
Steve A. Stephenson	....	carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Gary Blufer	....	sound effects recordist
David E. Campbell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Coogan	....	boom operator
Gordon Ecker	....	supervising sound editor
Gary A. Hecker	....	foley mixer
Scott D. Jackson	....	foley supervisor
Scott D. Jackson	....	supervising foley editor
Lance Laurienzo	....	first assistant sound editor
Richard Lightstone	....	production sound mixer
Anthony Milch	....	sound editor
Rocky Moriana Jr.	....	sound editor
John T. Reitz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Katie Rowe	....	foley walker
Gregg Rudloff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Becky Sullivan	....	supervising adr editor
Shawn Sykora	....	foley editor
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley walker
Richard E. Yawn	....	supervising sound editor
Rickley W. Dumm	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
A.J. Bosnengo	....	special effects coordinator
Frank M. Fleming	....	special effects coordinator

Stunts
Elyse Garfinkel	....	stunts
Max Kleven	....	stunt coordinator
Gene LeBell	....	stunts
Larry Nicholas	....	stunts
Lee Poppie	....	stunts
Merritt Yohnka	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Stephen Beasley	....	best boy grip
Murray K. Campbell	....	gaffer
Casey Cook	....	best boy electric
Richard Foreman Jr.	....	still photographer
Gerrit Garretsen	....	dolly grip
Peter Gulla	....	second assistant camera
Scott Hillman	....	rigging grip
Martin Hume	....	camera operator
Simon Hume	....	first assistant camera
John Knight	....	key grip
Peter Pilafian	....	photographer: wildlife
Marcia Reed	....	still photographer
Bryan Yaconelli	....	second assistant camera

Casting Department
Joey Alfieris	....	location casting
Len Hunt	....	location casting
Mark Fincannon	....	location casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Fred Lloyd	....	costume supervisor
Gregory B. Peña	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Brian Fassett	....	assistant editor
Dale E. Grahn	....	color timer
Pamela Reisenleiter	....	assistant editor
Theresa Repola Mohammed	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Tim Boyle	....	score mixer
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor
David Newman	....	orchestrator
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Tom Villano	....	supervising music editor

Transportation Department
Bob Burkhart	....	transportation coordinator (as B.R. Burkhart)

Other crew
Julia Alexander	....	assistant to director
Nathan Gendzier	....	location manager (as Nathan Paul Gedzier)
Tom Gray	....	unit publicist
Charles Miller	....	location manager
Mamie Mitchell	....	script supervisor
Christopher Noice	....	production assistant
Steve Rhea	....	location manager
Kathy Sarreal	....	production coordinator
Ricki L. Stein	....	production accountant
John V. Stuckmeyer	....	production executive
Neal Thompson	....	title designer
Anne Wilson	....	key assistant production accountant

Production Companies

• Grand Highway Productions
• Interscope Communications
• Touchstone Pictures
• Touchwood Pacific Partners 1

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (1991) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1992) (UK) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1992) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2004) (UK) (DVD)
• Gativideo (Argentina) (video)
• Warner Bros. (Spain)

Other Companies

• Big Time Picture Company  editing facilities
• Buena Vista Sound  sound re-recording
• Cinema Research  titles and opticals
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  supervising copying
• Segue Music  music editing

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | UK:12 (original rating) (cut) | UK:12 (video re-rating) (2003) (uncut version) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | USA:PG-13 | Canada:PG

Filming Locations:

Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Company:

Grand Highway Productions

Movie Connections:

Remake of Le grand chemin (1987)

Soundtrack:

PARADISE

Touches the heart and soul

I wrote a short essay after watching this movie, not because it affected me, but that it left such a great impression. To me, the use of 'Paradise' as title is apt, as the movie goes to show how many people continue to live in their private hells, when all around them is a place which seems like paradise. These people, though socially interactive at times, seem more preoccupied with the ghosts of their pasts rather than the blessings of the moment. Only when these characters are able to let go of the demons that haunt them are they able to once again experience the joys of love and intimacy.

This film can help us to evaluate the things that we allow to control us, and help us to understand that instead of examining our lives under a microscope, we should allow ourselves to look up and out sometimes, and maybe discover all those things missing in our lives but which were right by us all the time.